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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re the drinking and driving and how other cultures may act/feel about it: our Swedish APs have all said that the culture surrounding drinking and driving in Sweden is much stricter than here. There is not a legal
Limit. You just can't drink at all and then drive. And it's pretty much universally respected. Some of my APs have been partiers. Some not.  But none of them (all swedes) could fathom that anyone would consider drinking n driving. I do think attitudes about this can be shaped by home country  culture. [/quote]

I think the general situation is similar in Germany. The legal limit for drivers under 21 (and those in their 2-year probationary period) is 0.00. If they get caught DUI they get fined for 250 Euros, their probation gets extended (4 years), they get send to a retraining course (150 - 400 Euros), get a penalty point and if they get caught again their licens goes. Any semi-intelligent young German driver will know not to drink and drive. Idiots happen. As usual. (Those would mainly be found among young adult males though, I think the average AP would come from a background where drinking and driving is taboo)[/quote]

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